Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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Paper Technology ... a school with a world wide reputation . . . prepares students for management and sales as well as for the production and technical areas in paper. The department, soon to have its own modern wing at McCracken Hall, is headed bv Dr. Alfred H. Nadelman. Miss G. P. Trittin. Dr. R. A. Diehm, E. E. Stephenson, Dr. A. H. Nadelman and R. T. Ellas. The Psychology Department, headed by Dr. Stanley Kuffel, stresses the importance of phychology in in- dustry, education, business, in understanding the criminal, and in the principles of therapy. Emphasis is also placed upon problems of personal, educational, and social adjustment. Row One: Judy Hite, Dorothy McGinnis, and Charlotte Sumney. Row Two: Charles Darby. Homer Carter, Dr. Richard Schmidt, John Sielatyck, Dr. Franlt Fatzinger, Dr. Eston, J. Asher, and Dr. Stanley Kuffel. 23 Geography and Geology, a department headed by Dr. William J. Berry, is aimed toward a better under- standing of man ' s activities throughout the ages as effected by his environment. Focus is placed on in- dividual countries as well as entire regions, their climate, soils, minerals, topography, and biotic en- vironment on cultural developments. L to R: Dr. William R. Bruecltheimer, Dr. William J. Berry, Miss Marguerite Logan, Dr. Cyril L. Stout.

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Experiments with Litmus paper and with electricity, with light and with atoms . . . all arousing the interests of students resolved to know why. Physics . . . The why and wherefores of mechanics, of sound, and of heat, of astronomy and nuclear physics. This department, headed bv Dr. Paul Rood, inspects the important theories of physics in their historical settings, their present positions, and opens the door to further advancements. L to R: Dr. Raul Rood, Dr. George Bradley, Dr. Haym Kruglalc, Grover Baker, Stanley Derby, Dr. Nathan Nichols, and Walter Marburger. SCIENCE McCracken Hall, named in honor of Dr. William McCracken, one time head of the Department of Chemistry, is the home of man) ' schools. Its three floors house the Art Department, the Home Eco- nomics Department, the Occupational Therapy De- partment, the Chemistry, Biology and Physics Depart- ments, and the School of Paper Technology. 22

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- The trademark for Western . . . looking over the city of Kalamazoo for more than fifty years. And though the campus has gone modern, the old Ad Building will always be a sentimental memory of Western ' s exciting past. The sum of one and one started it and its cause is furthered by the Mathematics Department headed by Dr. Charles H. Butler. The courses of study offered are designed not only for those who plan a career in the field of mathematics, but to contribute to the general education of all college students. Row One: Jack Meagher, Pearl Ford, Carolyn Rieger, William Cain, Dr. Fred Beeler. Row Two: Dr. Herbert Hannon, Dr. An- drew Luff, Leslie Gunter, Dr. Charles Butler, Kim Peterson, Conway Sams, Dr. James Powell. PI C C f P ' i IB . dk„ iifflfftri J Km ° 1 J i K 1 ■ | ' IB • ' IB EfE339 f Ir5 m PftQJ Bf 1 %P : i c a SimhI Kb I mr n H 9 JTk. 1 V-; .M LJiwrjF-ii r - 24 -M